Health

By Isaura Greene

Every day, the typical teen goes on Facebook, but some doctors are worried social networking sites may cause or contribute to depression in teens.

By Kelly Schueler, Eastview High School Class of 2011

When Josh Luger, 17, of Minneapolis, snapped the ball back to the quarterback in an November 2009 varsity football game, the next few seconds changed his life.

Your brain is about 2 percent of your total body weight but uses 20 percent of your body’s energy, so thinking does burn calories.

By Victoria Turcios

Minnesota teens have many reasons they give for why they wait to have sex.

By Simon Lancaster

Teens are buckling up more and smoking less, a statewide survey shows.

By Franny Alfano

A state program has helped clean up the exhaust from thousands of school buses.

By Grace Pastoor

When Joe, a 21-year-old high school student from Minneapolis, was shot last November, he was sure someone was trying to kill him. He knows who shot him and is sure it was gang-related, but he doesn’t want the police involved. Joe’s story reflects who’s most likely to get shot in Minnesota.

By Sinthia Mireya Turcios

Through research, Sinthia discovers a career choice she thought was the right one might not be for her.

By Patience Zalanga, a senior at Como Park Senior High

More than a year ago, Patience Zalanga decided to “go natural” and stop chemically relaxing hair. After cutting it off in a “big chop,” this St. Paul teen’s hair took her on a journey of discovery about just how much of a statement hair can be.

By Sheila Statz

When Solome Tibebu, 20, was a teenager, her anxiety was so severe that she didn’t even want to be left home alone when her mother took their dog for a walk.

By Mary Meehan

When Norma Jimenez’s mother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma for the second time, Norma realized that a life can end at any moment.

By Olivia Deans of Eden Prairie Senior High School

Two years ago, Cassie Ruha got a tattoo of an angel on her back after her grandfather’s passing.

By Daysha Patterson

Psychologist Bruce Kohlhase, 55, knows what it’s like to be a teen under stress. When he was a teenager, his father, grandparent and classmate died. His mother had a stroke and his cousin committed suicide – all within a few years.

By Iman Jafri

To the members of the service-learning program Lead Peace, a tree means something different from a mere plant.

By Grace Pastoor

Kristin Makin, 25, wanted to get medical care without her parents finding out when she was a sexually active minor. She needed access to birth control in a confidential and teen-friendly setting.

By Erika Roedl

After Sarai Hernandez-Ramirez had her son Brian two years ago, her mother expected her to quit school and stay home to care for him. But staff who run the Aqui para Ti program at Hennepin East Lake Clinic want Sarai back in school.